Cast Recordings & AlbumsListen to Christine Ebersole as Lady Olenna in the Game of Thrones Musical Prequel TyrellThe concept album of the musical will drop November 1.
By
Logan Culwell-Block
October 31, 2019
Though HBO recently announced a shakeup in its plans for a Game of Thrones prequel, the release of Tyrell, a musical parody prequel to the book and popular series, moves ahead. The world premiere concept album will be available for digital purchase and streaming November 1.
Get an exclusive first listen to "Skin in the Game," with performances by two-time Tony winner Christine Ebersole (War Paint, Grey Gardens) and Kerstin Anderson (My Fair Lady), above.
Written by Alex Ratner, Tyrell tells the untold story of Olenna (Ebersole), Loras (Chris Dwan), and Margaery Tyrell (Anderson) over 24 hours at their castle, Highgarden. The recording features orchestrations by Lloyd Kikoler (Dog Man: The Musical, Cleopatra).
The album follows a developmental workshop held at Dixon Place last March, which was directed by Jenny Leon and music directed by Paul Staroba.
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Look Back at the Stage Career of Christine Ebersole
Look Back at the Stage Career of Christine Ebersole
The Tony-winning actress was most recently seen on Broadway in War Paint.
Ebersole has been a special guest performer on Playbill Travel’s Broadway on the High Seas cruises. Cabins are now on sale forBroadway in the Great Northwest, Playbill Travel’s first domestic cruise featuring Kate Baldwin, Tedd Firth, Aaron Lazar, and Faith Prince (April 26–May 4, 2020), and forBroadway on the Mediterranean (August 31–September 7, 2020), featuring Audra McDonald, Will Swenson, Gavin Creel, Caissie Levy and Lindsay Mendez, and for Broadway on the Nile (December 27, 2020–January 7, 2021), with performers soon to be announced. To book a suite or stateroom, call Playbill Travel at 866-455-6789 or visit PlaybillTravel.com.
The celebration of recorded music was full of accolades for theatre artists, with awards granted to Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Viola Davis achieving EGOT status.
John Reeger and Julie Shannon's musical also features Joel Hatch, Daniel Yearwood, John Edwards, Deon'te Goodman, Patricia Noonan, Stephanie Jae Park, and more.
